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by malikjaru

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Friend is using Windows XP Pro with raid stripe setup. Had some kind of mishap and now cannot get drive to boot. I took one of the two drives and tried to connect it to my computer via adapter (forgot to mention, it's a laptop) and does not show up in My Computer. Computer recognizes it, but says it's not initialized. My understanding is that initializing it will erase what is on the drive. How can I see the drive when hooked into my system via the laptop adapter?

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by scott_heath

RAID 0 is Striping, which means you have to read the disks as a set.

Was it software or hardware RAID? There is a good chance he will be doing a reinstall.

by malikjaru

I actually think it might be software, since it is a laptop.

by scott_heath

...still be hardware. You can't do anything without the drives as a set. What happens when he tries to boot from them? had he already wiped the other drive?

by malikjaru

Has not wiped anything. When he tried to boot, got error message. Will not boot. Reformatting is not an issue, just need to know which of the two drives is problematic.

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